Currently, oil, gas and electricity are all used for heating in a number of industrial processes. If heat pumps can be used instead, this will provide a long-awaited environmental boost and a...
SINTEF scientists are currently helping two major US cities to manage “buried treasure” worth billions of dollars. It may sound like “The Sopranos”, but in this case, they are the “good guys”,...
A scientific research and development programme worth more than NOK 300 million is being launched in Norway with the aim of generating more cost effective technology for CO2-capture. The project...
Embedding sperm cells in a gel for artificial insemination increases the fertilisation period for cattle and pigs and give more babies. There are currently two methods for artificial...
The Research Council of Norway has provided NOK 45 million in funding for the development, construction and installation of a 225 kW floating wind-turbine for research on offshore wind energy. ...
Membrane technology has great industrial potential, not least in energy and environmental technology. For this reason, SINTEF has signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening and...
Weed-killer consumption could be cut in half if farmers sprayed it only on weed-infested areas instead of wasting these chemicals by spraying whole fields. This is how the scientist plan to put...
IRIS and SINTEF together with the universities in Trondheim (NTNU) and Stavanger (UiS) have just established an international Center for Drilling and Wells for Improved Recovery in cooperation...
A new SINTEF report puts paid to the myth that immigrant women are not interesting in joining the labour market. Immigrant women are less active in working life than Norwegian women, and less...
Led by SINTEF, a veritable army of scientists and industrialists is to promote the use of bioenergy in Europe, backed up by a quarter of a billion Norwegian kroner! They all take part in the EU...
On December 6, 2006, SINTEF Health Research and Stellenbosch University organised a workshop on the subject of cooperation in health research between South Africa and SINTEF. From the...
The Norwegian Building Research Institute and SINTEF’s building and construction research groups are merging to form SINTEF Building Research AS, which will be formally established on January 1,...
On Thursday November 3, SINTEF was visited by a Romanian delegation led by State Secretary Anton Anton, who is in charge of Romania’s research sector. From the left: Dr. Liviu Jalba of...
New trawling technology can reduce fuel use by 20% and save the environment from large amounts of emissions. But better equipment will also provide opportunities to increase the annual shrimp...
The Norwegian Research Council recently gave funding to the 3-year project EXPLOIT, in which SINTEF together with NTNU, HI and Bellona will examine the possible utilization of nutrients from fish...
Recources Contact in SINTEF: Ansattinfo mangler Norway has Europe's largest population of kelp. An estimate is 50 million tonnes. Kelp has very good growing conditions along our cold coast....
When the elderly suffer falls, many agencies should be alerted so that help can arrive as quickly as possible. So researchers, students and physiotherapists are trying to connect fall alarms to...
Researchers are working on monitoring vortices created by aircraft during take-off and landing. The objective is both to maintain the level of safety and to improve the capacity of airports....
The EU wants electricity distribution systems that can utilise more solar and wind energy – and sixteen European partners from ten countries are now playing a key role in preparing for them. The...
Contact: Odd-Geir Lademo The Research Council of Norway has granted NOK 24 million to the four-year project NEXT-Drill, in which scientists and industry will develop the technology and tools...